An Ocean of Apps and The Blue Whale

The easy and economically affordable access to internet has made each one of us very vulnerable. People from all age groups are complete slaves to their mobile, laptop or desktop screen. Gradually we are enjoying living in the virtual reality. Amongst all, the most volatile age group, i.e., 12-21 are the worst affected. Of all the addictions, gaming has been in the top rank creating havoc in teenage life. The outcome is right in front of our eyes in the form of deadly game “Blue Whale Challenge” which has taken many innocent teenage lives across the globe. The teenagers are hooked to internet gaming world and cannot withdraw themselves even if they wish to.

Teenage, the transit of adolescence to adulthood, brings with it many struggles. Their brain goes through complete rewiring and new neurons are developed. At this age, logic, decision, reason and will are at very fragile state which causes psychological issues like; lack of identity, self image, issues of attention, acknowledgment and acceptance from family and peer groups.

Gaming world plays with this fragile mind. It creates a new world for them where one chooses his image, looks, appearance, behaviour and activities. An alternative life, ego and reality are created where there are endless possibilities. They prove their potentials to their peer groups by taking daring challenges, demanded, in the gaming portal and focuses on winning them. They begin to escape from the reality and de-focus from things that matters. Biologically, the high level of dopamine further contributes to the problem. The dopamine plays a major role in reward-motivated behaviour. The games generate a feeling of pleasure and the rewards in form of positive sentences and freebies ensure the repeat action of the gamer. Thus children fall prey to virtual gaming trap and become Addicts.

The founders of Neuro-linguistic Programming (Bandler and Grinder) termed any kind of addiction as sequential incongruity. The addict accesses that part of their neurology that wants to use the addictive substance, and then part that doesn’t want to use it, in an ongoing sequence. Every time they face this battle where one part of a person wants them to stop but, a more powerful part wants them not to stop. This powerful part is our unconscious or subconscious mind. It stores all the experiences and regulates our habits, patterns and addiction.

NLP has proved itself as one of the most potent tools that help to communicate with the unconscious mind and bring necessary behavioural changes. The techniques like mapping across mind, anchoring, working with sub modalities and using all the five senses: Representational system, (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) predominantly, to create mental movie that anchors a desired personal image in one’s mind, addiction can be overcome easily. Apart from this, the parents too need to take responsibility of their children. Spending undivided and quality time with them makes them feel loved and wanted. Being in Regular non judgmental communication, respecting their opinion, appreciating their small achievements, rewarding methods and involving them in real life situations will greatly help the children in coming back to the real world.

The article is written by Arrpita Banerjee.

Reach her at hi.banerjee@gmail.com

To be a Trainer

A Trainer is the ONE who transforms LIVES

A Trainer is the ONE who Learns to PRACTICE

A Trainer is the ONE who creates OPPORTUNITIES for his trainees

A Trainer is the ONE who facilitates the SUBJECTIVE experience of his trainees

A Trainer is the ONE who motivates his trainees to be SELF AWARE

A Trainer is the ONE who SETS STANDARD for his trainees

A Trainer is the ONE who INSPIRES powerful LIFESTYLE for his trainees

Being a Trainer in the Classroom or on platform is a huge responsibility.   You have to be in that moment all the way.  You have to be into the subject all the time.  You must

LIVE to be Trainer and LEAVE to exist at that moment as YOU.

To be a Trainer is a game of PASSION.  It’s no ordinary emotion that goes within and without.  It’s the accumulation of intense emotions stemming from all the experiences life has given YOU.  Every expression that YOU deliver can bring miracle in the minds of the listener.

To be a Trainer is carrying that OWNERSHIP within whereby YOU help others to convert dreams into reality, desires into actions.

To be a Trainer is becoming a “Business Brahma”.  You are the creator of YOUR training business.  You cannot create YOUR BUSINESS UNIVERSE within a specified time-frame.  It’s a continuous process.  It’s an evolution.  The wholesome integration of YOUR SELF meaning brain, body, soul and mind would help you to create YOUR own UNIVERSE.

To be a Trainer YOU must have a crystal clear VISION.  You must be able to paint the picture of YOUR future, right NOW.  You must have the capacities to transform this into a reality as and when the time comes.  The real Entrepreneurs are those who know the timelines of the future NOW.

To be a Trainer YOU must have a well defined MISSION.  You must be action oriented.  Your action plans must be synchronized with YOUR vision.  Massive actions in a specific direction, repeated and creative activities on a context specific horizon will give YOU an edge over others.

To be a Trainer YOU must have a readiness to follow certain set of CORE VALUES.  These values are the result of your living to be an entrepreneur, trainer, motivator, facilitator, etc. These values are the driving force for YOU as well as the CLIENT to be aligned with YOUR vision and mission.

To be a Trainer YOU are supposed to have an absolute clarity about the PRODUCTs YOU are going to offer.  Here comes the specific TRAINING MODULES that you are going to OFFER.

To be a Trainer YOU must be well aware of YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE.  YOU must have considered their TRAINING NEEDS.

To be a Trainer YOU must be well versed with “LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT” process.

To be a Trainer YOU must be ready to continuously upgrade and develop according to YOUR area of SPECIALIZATION.

ARE YOU READY to take this all, I am eagerly waiting to build the BEST transformational experience on the PLANET for YOU at Dancing Leaves, Sterling Holiday Resort, Mussorie from 28th June to 3rd July, 2017.

START preparing NOW!

The writer of this blog is Ashvin Deshpande, Founder, Atmabhan Academy.

Today’s “PRESENT” is How to Present

“Presentation secretes of Steve Jobs” by Carmine Gallo……Book Summary

Now-a-days power point presentation (PPT) is a must for every level right from selling to meetings, conferences, training sessions, workshops, client meetings, vendor meetings, etc. Effective presentation is the key to win. As I was searching for a book on presentations, I came across this book by Carmine Gallo. The author is a communication coach and columnist at Busineesweek.com. He has spent a lot of time obsessing over Jobs’ presentation skills, particularly product launch events at Apple.

The author reveals the techniques that Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, used to practice – “Inform, Educate & Entertain”. His core competency was “stunning visuals”. Jobs did not give time to his audience to get distracted.Steve Jobs’ presentations have become legendary performances, mesmerising the audience. He used to dramatise it and took a lot of efforts before actual presentation. We can use several strategies of Steve for getting the Audience involved. He followed a specific structure in all his presentations. The “notable” secrets mentioned in this book from Steve’s presentations are as under –

1. Structure your presentation. Create a roadmap leaving audience with a clear message.
2. A typical Steve Jobs presentation had 3 to 4 messages, refer rule of three in communication. The rule says there can be three parts, 3 features and three messages in an effective presentation. Should not be more than that.
3. Never speak on any topic for more than ten minutes. Break-up after ten minutes. During this add some interactions, live feedbacks, interviews, happy customer meet, etc.
4. Clarify what to expect from this presentation so that the audience remain focussed on the subject.
5. A memorable story that the audience want to hear is a must.
6. Narrow your punch line, to retain the information in the mind of audience. It must be a single sentence description, 140 character twitter message. For eg. At the launch of the Mesmerizing Macbook in Jan 2008, Steve Jobs’ discourse was –“Worlds thinnest laptop”. Narrow your message to the core to increase likelihood of purchasing the product. Fill in further details during the presentation or on website.
7. Create a high sense of purpose for the audience by saying what they exactly want and what isn’t available in any of the competitors’ products. Comparison is essential to Win. An Antagonist and a Hero are a must in the presentation.
8. Thus tell the story ‘why this product?’ It should be an emotional appeal to the audience, Steve sold dreams and not the product.
9. Use simple, direct, clear, funny words, no jargons please!
10. Make numbers meaningful, For E.g. five gigabytes may mean nothing to audience but one thousand songs in your pocket opens creates a magnificent wonder for music lovers. In every presentation big numbers are put into context that’s irrelevant to the audience. The bigger the number, the more important it is to find analogies or comparison, that makes the data relevant for audience.

The author has divided Steve’s presentations in three parts as below –

Act I – Create the story:

Scene 1: Plan an analogue

2. Answer the first question that matters the most.
3. Develop a messianic sense of purpose.
4. Create twitter like headline.
5. Draw a roadmap.
6. Introduce the antagonist.
7. Reveal the conquering HERO. 

Intermission: I obey the ten minute Rule.

Act II: Deliver the experience

8. Channel their inner Zen
9. Dress up your numbers.
10. Use amazing zippy words.
11. Share the stage
12. Share your presentation with pops
13. Reveal a “Holy Shit Moment”

Intermission 2- Schiller Learns from the best

Act III Refine & Rehearse

14. Master stage presence
15. Make it look effortless.
16. Wear the appropriate costume.
17. Toss the script
18. Have fun!

These points cover each and every aspect of an effective presentation. Steve Jobs’ team used to spend a lot of time on brainstorming, writing and sketching before actually going digital and opening Power points. All these elements are planned and collected before putting them across on PowerPoint. Steve Jobs spent hours rehearsing every facet of his presentation, every slide is like a piece of poetry. For E.g. During the Macbook launch event one slide visual was inserted which indicated that  Macbook can be accommodated in an office envelope. Wow this visual was more than a thousand words!

One thing to note, Jobs used to create a moment called “Emotionally Charged Event”, which was equivalent to a mental sticky note that told the brain , “Remember this”.  His presentations included demonstrations, video clips, and other speakers.

The “Emotionally Charged Audience” will never forget your message. At the end of the presentation leave the audience in the “Happy Ever After” state of mind.

Summing it all up, to be a great presenter and to achieve an action, the presenter needs to be extremely aware about things, about oneself and about the environment. “Atmabhan” is a Sanskrit word that means “Self Awareness”. We at Atmabhan not just promise to create awareness, but make you feel the magic of self as well as environmental awareness. This is a platform for you to realise several things, know your self and to know what information the environment can give you. To observe, to analyse, to know and to apply – is the process that can lead you to complete awareness and thus becoming great in whatever you do! How? Leave that to us!

Join, the Atmabhan Train The Trainer program to get in touch with the practicality of self awareness, environmental awareness, the best presentation skills, to learn the best formulae of knocking the deal and to grasp the science of influence! At the Train The Tainer program, one not only learns to be the best presenter, but also learns to be the best version of oneself!

So, are you ready to get in touch with the best version of yourself? And to influence your audience, present and get the best results for yourself? Join us at our TRAIN THE TRAINER Program Now!

The author of this blog is Ashvin Deshpande, Founder, Atmabhan Academy, and is reachable at – dvashvin@gmail.com and http://www.atmabhan.com

Exploring new Horizons

A Journey is not defined by the destination you travel towards but by the different roads you walk on and by the different pieces of mental frameworks you carry in your mind while you walk your path of exploration.

My Journey towards my destination, is full of steeps and shallows. Sometimes with huge steps across boulders while sometimes with tiny drags across soft lush green grasslands.Different but sophisticated, extraordinary but peculiar and breath-taking but full of efforts, my road is a difficult one to walk on but a pleasure to have a look at after reaching the destination.

Although, the destination still seems miles away, I’ve certainly crossed certain milestones, and standing at one of them, I look at the road travelled so far and express my thoughts over it.

The new year started with our most-awaited program, the NLP Master Practitioner conducted at Lucknow. The extraordinary journey of the program and the feedback I received from the participants, built for me, the ‘WOW’ effect! Although, the feedback coming from the participants as well as their pieces of imbibed knowledge have already appeared on this blog, this one’s my personal sharing of the learning experience. The Participants were highly encouraging and inspiring. Their expertise in their fields of work and their rapports built with their respective professions were aspects to be modelled. While showing a lot of interest in what was going on in the program, the participants gained their personal mastery and manoeuvred seamlessly and articulately to take their LIVES miles ahead.

As, I look back into the previous year, i.e. 2016, NLP Practitioner was the inaugurator program. Our Slogan, “Learn NLP to Practice NLP” reached huge masses and certain level of awareness was created and embraced. Unlike, majority of the famous travellers and explorers, we always had our outcomes fixed and we fought to get them done.  Atmabhan has all its strength embossed into one phrase, “Transformation Guaranteed”. Its not just a promise that we make, perhaps a concrete change that we deliver.

I firmly believe that everything can be transformed. Situations, strategies, mental frameworks, the human response system, our states, our beliefs and thus the result of all these, our lifestyle. The most important institution that needs to be transformed is the “HUMAN MIND”. “NLP is the perfect catalyst for such a transformation.”

The Journey towards “SELF” is a continuous process that involves “QUESTIONING”, “REDEFINING”, “CREATION”, “PRACTICE”. A Deep thought over these 4 words right away or at the end of this write-up can get you to the core of your personality. Just as a guideline, start with “What changes do I need to make in myself?” If you have your answers, start “REDEFINING”. How do you do that? Now, this is where NLP comes in to the rescue. The Redefining – Creation – Practice stages, are to be left to us. We would rather deliver sticking to our punchline, “TRANSFORMATION GUARANTEED”

NLP makes you stand out of the flock. You’re bound to fly high like an eagle and not stay there in the throng of pigeons. One glitch persistent in my head is, even after learning NLP, why are some people so stubborn to not imbibe it into their daily LIFESTYLES? NLP is NOT just supposed to be used when there’s a problem. NLP is the preventive medicine. Learning NLP and not practicing it everyday or not imbibing it into your daily routine or not letting it be a part of your mental framework, would result into nothing. The pigeons will still remain to be where they are, undistinguished, one among 100s in the flock.

NLP defines your INWARD JOURNEY. The inward Journey is magnificently calm, soothing, peaceful, satisfying and encouraging. To travel on this path towards the INSIDE, one has to be highly persistent, focused and oriented towards the goal. I Always believe, “THE MIND HAS IT ALL”. All you need to consciously do is, to believe in this and keep saying it to yourself! I guarantee, YOU HAVE IT ALL.

Coming back to my journey of the previous year, I conducted various POWER OF NLP Programs across various locations, The NLP Practitioner Program rolled out really well creating several resourceful states Pan India. The NLP Master Practitioner Program was one wonderful platform for me to learn so many things alongside the participants who now have their fists full of resources to fight every situation and emerge as winners. The buddy meetings at Lucknow, Mumbai, Kolkata & Pune were immensely helpful for all our participants to keep in touch with one-another, share their experiences, contribute in one another’s lives, clear doubts, learn new things and imbibe NLP in their LIFESTYLES. This is where, they stand out! Their performances and sharing their experiences always excites me and acts as the booster to my enthusiasm towards my journey.

The Atmabhan NLP Family is a group of people who are my travel-mates on my journey. Not like others who come and go, but who are here to stay and contribute, teach me several things, learn and become magnificent performers themselves by imbibing certain fragments of NLP that I can share.

The “Train The Trainer” is one Program that is very close to my heart and defines a state of EUPHORIA for me. Every person who’s committed and passionate about contributing into other people’s lives as a trainer, can understand this “EUPHORIA”. This year, we launched the upgraded version, the even fitter version of the TRAIN THE TRAINER Program scheduled to roll out in Mussoorie this July. I’m sure this program is going to be one of the best programs for passionate and want-to-be Trainers, Public Speaks, Entrepreneurs and Facilitators.

Ours is the only NLP-based TRAIN THE TRAINER Workshop in India and thus creates Trainers fit to handle all obstacles that other fledges cannot.

The previous year also marked the ingress of powerful and energetic people into the Atmabhan Family. They joined us to walk similar paths towards “HUMAN EXCELLENCE” and inspired, energised, guided and created paths for several others to walk on. The arrival of such powerful people and their enthusiasm has guaranteed, that the future is going to be even more bright and empowering for Atmabhan.

The author of this post is Shri Ashvin Deshpande, founder of Atmabhan Academy and he is reachable at atmabhanacademy @gmail.com

Human First

A very peculiar incident inspired this thought process of mine. A lot of things stirred up as I spotted something about myself not going in the right direction. Leaning on a new perspective, I escalated myself to actuating on this clause – “Human First!”

Our maid had finally showed up after 4 days of long wait. Those hours of reading between the lines of a hard news with a mug full of hot coffee and a little self-satisfying family talk had been inconveniently converted into hours of extreme self-service with absolutely unorganised work requirements. Like planets around the sun, thoughts of extreme anger and fury revolved in my mind the moment I saw that frowning face full of noticeable but better-to-ignore guilt. With so many questions to ask and so many answers to get, I couldn’t get over my bustling nerves and pounced on her like a thin-skinned predator. On seeing my vulnerable situation my son entered the conversation and rather than complimenting my to-be-understood situation, he asked the maid, “How are you?” After facing a catastrophic desert storm, she had suddenly landed onto soft, lush green grass. She was confused but now comfortable. Not just a cup of tea, he also offered her a sincere ear and tried to understand her health issues and her dis-ease. She was suffering from chronic cold and fever and was hospitalised. My eyes suddenly caught hold of things that  had remained unnoticed till then. I noticed needle marks on her hand, her face was pallid, full of worry, she was weak, her gestures reflected apology. She narrated her story and fell into supplication. After a cup of tea and adequate motivation from my son, she stood up and started with her daily course.

In our daily lives, we often come across such situations wherein we treat people or perhaps identify them according to their designations, their social stature, their cast, creed, sex, nationality, financial status, etc and seldom identify them as HUMAN BEINGS. In this exempt, I wish to put light on exactly that. Our cultures and traditions, over time have perpetuated this strong essence of labelling human beings based on so many criteria. But do we have to give in to all that we’ve been exposed to? It is very important to note that we all are HUMANS First and everything else later. Our names, religions, designations, castes, occupations, attitudes, choices, lifestyles, everything come later. What comes first and should always come first is – WE ARE HUMANS.

My son, in the above mentioned episode, enacted exactly on that. He recognised the maid as a HUMAN FIRST, then as our maid. He rather simplified my course of communication or dialogue with her and several other people, in the long run. What he considered, consciously awakened a new phrase in my mind – “HUMANS FIRST”

One more incident to follow up on the same lines. I remember the day I was to meet my Boss regarding my official transfer. Although not low, but I was feeling quite nervous. Procrastination was Anxiety in disguise. I was worried, anxious and had my fingers-crossed. I didn’t want to relocate myself since relocation could have caused a lot of inconvenience in terms of everything, right from my very own routine, to that of my husband and most importantly my son who was a high school student then. My hubby noticed my dilemma. The reason to my dilemma was, I didn’t know how to represent myself and how to talk to my boss regarding the issue. I feared rejection and perhaps the  frost of negative thoughts rose through my mind. Next morning at  tea, my husband, opened the discussion and in a very friendly but elaborate manner handed over to me, the key to the quandary. He said, “Your boss will certainly understand your situation if you explain it to him. He is a HUMAN FIRST. Then he is your boss. He will surely understand you as a human being. Always remember, whenever you are in any such situation, always think of the other person as a HUMAN FIRST and everything else follows. His designation, his education, his social stature, or any other factor, doesn’t take away his natural instinct of being a HUMAN First!” My Husband was right and made me think over what he had said. This gave rise to great confidence in me and drove away all the nervousness of facing my boss. Rather, I was there to present my side to a HUMAN.

Mom is undoubtedly mom, but while paying attention to her undesired behavioural aspects, she is a HUMAN FIRST. My son is brilliant in his work, but when he commits a mistake, rather than only guilty, he is a HUMAN FIRST. My Husband needs to get his personal space and live life his way, because before my Husband, he is a HUMAN FIRST. My Friends, rather than the busy, unorganised, hustle-bustle goers, are HUMANS FIRST. My Boss, before the identity that his designation gives him, is a HUMAN FIRST. This breakthrough of understanding everybody as HUMAN FIRST, helped me understand relations to a new extent altogether and made me connect with them faster than ever before.

So what are you HUMANS upto? Are you ready to understand people and various relationships on an escalated level altogether? Install this software of looking at people as HUMANS FIRST and then putting in all other parameters. Because you are a HUMAN FIRST and then a WINNER!

Authored by Mrs Anjali Deshpande, Mumbai. She can be reached at anjali.deshpande111@gmail.com

What is mind

What is Mind? Has anybody seen it, touched it, tasted it, heard it, smelled it………?No! And still mind is key performer and originator  for every  thought and action of human being.I find everybody is curious to know it, understand it and feel it. It has no identity of its own yet it creates the identity of an individual. It’s proved that entire body is governed by this mind. All our cognitive processes , learning, thoughts, perceptions ,are mind’s game , dictionary of the mind.

Each and every mind is different, every aspect of mind is unique . Internal representation, internal mapping of each and everybody on this planet is amazingly unique. Everybody has his own layers of inventions, experiences,understandings, discoveries and revelations. Everybody is completely different while responding to any ambiguous stimuli. Wow…..such an amazing revelation, surprisingly we are governed by something which we cannot see or touch.

Everybody’s thinking process, learning process, understanding process, perceiving process is different yet how beautifully we all are connected with each other. And this communion of beings is all coordinated by mind signals which are followed by Brain. Mind with all it’s layers of learning, outlooks, memories, descriptions, perspectives, experience, is there to guide the brain, and brain with all it’s power become servant to this mind. Everybody has his own individual dimensions and the possibility for up gradation to the newer dimension. All the  levels be it an unconscious mind ,primitive mind, conscious mind all are the memories from which we are receiving and perceiving our outer world.

The  unconscious mind is the information processor which stores all the information collected from all five senses I.e VAKOG and that information is used for deciding our life processes.And conscious mind is the awareness process, awareness which comes with observation ,analysis, self-control, and then comes to the conclusion which creates a huge change in every aspects and then with this change unconscious mind also learns how to apply these observation and it automatically becomes the representational system. So, is there any way out to change the representational system? or how can we tame our mind to experience  powerful, satisfied and peaceful LIFE?? This is were NLP proves to be the opener.It allows us to understand all our senses from which our mind collects all the information.

NLP comes as a rescue for our mind and cleanses it’s heaps of debris collected collectively from all our environment , education  ,experiments and experiences, and provides it a breath of relief and with this  new realization of self. This self awareness opens up new opportunities, new avenues, new outlook towards life.  With this awareness and realization whole mind ,body transformation is guaranteed.

तेरे पंखों को मैं नये आयाम  दूंगा

ए  जिंदगी

अब तुझे मैं नया नाम दूंगा

The author of this article is Dr. Aruna Saxena, Homeopath, NLP Master Practitioner, Reiki and BARS Practitioner and she can be reached at dr.arunasaxene5@gmail.com

An encounter with my enemy

I was always a happy go lucky girl who was always cheerful with desirable and happy moments and sad and depressed with undesirable moments or I can say I was always a moment girl. I wanted to be happy all the time and always tried to maintain calm conditions but things were getting worse inside me as I started trying to please everybody.

At one front I was pretending to be happy and on the other front there were bundles of my queries about ‘what is wrong with me???’

To the best of my consciousness I never bothered anyone and always tried not to dominate anyone. Thereby I always focused on improving things in me. I used to think with other’s point of view, ignoring my perspective about myself. I was just trying to make each and everybody comfortable and it became my way of thinking. I was completely ignoring myself with my belief of sacrifice and values. All my values, beliefs, perceptions, acknowledgements were  based on others as to what they wanted to hear, what they wanted to see,  what they wanted to feel, what they wanted from me.

I was always focusing on my weaknesses and how to get over them. I wanted to be more tolerant, calm, understanding towards others. I always tried to keep my best for others and for myself everything was just  “ok”.

 Then one day at the “NLP Master Practitioner” workshop at Lucknow my mentor, Shri Ashvin Deshpande,  asked me about my strengths, “my strengths???”………………………………………………………………………and it took some time to identify my strengths and that too with somebody else’s help. It was my homework to pen down my strengths and as I was listing them down, I was surprised! It was an eye opener! I had never thought of my strengths. Throughout my life I was just digging out my weaknesses, trying to overcome them. Instead, now I am digging my strengths additively with confidence. Woww……!!! What an amazing human being I am, full of love, care, understanding & intelligence! It was for the first time I was having my strengths besides me and I felt unashamed of my weaknesses. A whole new perspective had opened up which brought enlightenment. I became more receptive towards myself and focused on my strengths more than anything else. Now I know how to sharpen myself which will eventually lead to ending my flaws.

Then I realized it was only me who was restraining myself. It was me who was obscuring myself from the desired paths sometimes due to my weaknesses sometimes due to some unknown fear. Nobody in this world has the potential to drag me into darkness without my permission. It was only me  who was chaining myself. There was no other enemy! Just me!

There I formulated a simple equation –

I/Me     =      Looser

I x Me   =      Winner!

And now I am a winner who identifies her strengths putting more emphasis on developing them!!! That’s the change that NLP gets to you! NLP is the catalyst which takes from “Wanting to change” to “Change”. At Atmabhan Academy, one thing is for sure – They’ve justified their Tagline – “Transformation Guaranteed”!

“meri khamiyoon ka ab muje nahin khayal!

ki khud ki bulandiyoon se wakif hoon mai!”

The author of the article is,  Dr.Aruna Saxena, Homoeopath,  NLP Master Practitioner,   Reiki & BARS Practitioner. She can be reached at – dr.arunasaxena5@gmail.com

A wonderful journey within

Hi, I am Dr. Navneet Kahlon. I completed the “NLP Practitioner” and “NLP Master Practitioner” course conducted by Atmabhan Academy at Lucknow, back to back in 13 days. Throughout this journey I discovered a new me. A better and complete me. The integration of Navneet’s body, brain, mind and soul, unlike what I thought, was an exhilarating process, although not an easy one! When you conquer and bypass your own weaknesses, you dig and bring out a new personality and suddenly you realize its way too overwhelming to live with this “new” “true” YOU.

“To me the gist of NLP has surfaced as a simple process of integration of our thoughts, language (verbal and non verbal) and the outcome i.e. our habits and patterns.”

By the age of six months a toddler starts understanding the words spoken to him and begins to build his own personal dictionary. As age increases the vocabulary, communicative skills and overall personality of an individual develops. Everything that is installed through our modalities i.e., our 5 senses, the VAKOG respectively, the brain uses the information and the mind creates an internal map of the given situation. This internal map plays a major role in the overall state and our behaviors. Young or old we use the same tools for receiving and giving out information, as we did as toddlers. As stated in NLP “VAKOG” allows the inflow of the information which is then processed by our communication model consisting of the filters and barriers which distort, delete or generalize the information and thus create the internal map which is acted out in the physical world through our psychology and thus our physiology.

The whole game is that how much can you refine these modalities? How quickly can you mould these into something better? How much can you perceive? How much plasticity can your brain accomplish? How many unwanted filters ( conscious, unconscious and collective unconscious) can you eliminate from your system?

Once you see your life through these polished senses, i.e. “VAKOG” and understand each and every process, you start looking at things differently and realize many other possible options. Hence a new internal map emerges and in result a new behavior is created.

As we start to understand ourselves, our sub modalities and our internal maps, we begin to perceive people around us in different light as well. NLP provides us with various tools, patterns and programs to code and decode people around us. Whatever we are aware of comes into our consciousness and is recorded by our brain for further use. We as therapists use this new awareness to understand our clients and use the appropriate tools for their betterment. For example the “Swish” method is very useful when the client is visually oriented whereas “One-word-reframing” may work better with an Auditory oriented person. Therefore decoding of a person’s basic modalities becomes necessary and it is a difficult task until and unless we do not work on ourselves.

NLP can be utilized in every sphere of our life; the 2Ps (Personal and Professional) the 2Fs (Financial and Family) the 2Ss (Spiritual and Social). I learnt that each one of us has a different yet absolutely justified model of our own perceived worlds. With this enhanced knowledge I enrich my behavior towards others by, making a better rapport or by leading them into a positive state of mind.

The simplicity and the direct approach of NLP has immersed me into the subject and as I dive into the new depths, I am continuously astonished by new breakthroughs. I have just started on this wonderful journey and my perception of the world has changed drastically. Words have a deeper meaning now. Voices have depths and ridges. Sensations have different variations. Smells are more prominent than earlier. Taste delights more now. The whole existence thrives for a balance. The value of congruence has increased manifold! NLP makes you not just a better person, but you emerge to experience for yourself, the Best Version of YOU!

The author of this article is

Dr. Navneet Kahlon from Lucknow, who can be reached at navneet.kahlon4@gmail.com

You have to make sacrifices to gain something

“You have to make sacrifices to gain something”: Sindhu. This was statement made by PV Sindhu who won a silver medal in recently concluded Rio Olympics Badminton tournament.She is also the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal for India.

How many of us are willing to put in 5 days (including weekend) from our schedule and some investment to invest in ourselves to excel in life by learning NLP.

Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP) is a modelling Science.Using certain set of rules and techniques we can modify our behavior to achieve excellence in different aspects of life.

At Atmabhan we have intensive hands on 5 day NLP Practitioner program in Chennai / Lucknow / Delhi / Pune where we work together with you to help you find answers to your questions about:
• How to have laser focus everyday
• How to have high level of energy
• What is the secret of high performance
• How to face my fears head on
• How to set and achieve goals
• How to enter state of Excellence
• To clearly understand The power of the mind-body connection
• Explore and change your current patterns and behaviors that have kept you from making the leap
• Explore the Unconscious patterns to get your focus and to achieve beyond imagination
• The magic of thinking big and getting what you want

A program designed to ensure that each of the participant is TRANSFORMED ….

One of the common experience of past participants has been -“Life Changing program”

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Learn NLP to Practice NLP !!

The first NLP Practitioner program experience was an eye opener while the second practitioner program was more of having a clear pathway set for the transformation. Post attending the first practitioner program my journey started knowing my Inner Self, knowing things that I didn’t know, identifying my blinders and limiting beliefs which was stopping me from going ahead.

Having this Self Awareness and knowing my current limiting beliefs , I  started having the internal communication consciously to  define what are the things I want in my life and the changes I need to install within my system. Having understood my meta programs, I consciously tried changing my past time focus to being in present time.

This helped me setting short term goals for myself followed by action plans and strategies to achieve them. Now that both goals and strategies were defined , execution became much easier and  faster and so  the results were also at par. Ultimate change , I can see myself better organized in my work and more productive.

All the NLP presuppositions taught for the first time helped me understand how I can have control and focus on my thoughts, behaviour and actions. I simply started applying it in my daily life, which made challenging tasks easier to work on and come up with best possible solutions to have predictable results. ”We are incharge of our minds and therefore results”.  “We are what we think. What we think we are “ made a huge difference applying it in my life. Earlier when faced with challenges, negativity would instantly pop up followed by lot of if’s and but’s. Now,I know for sure , I have all the resources within me to bring the desired results, so my approach is  positive keeping me in a resourceful state  always.

Anchoring states was something I learnt in the 1st Practitioner program. In the  2^nd program, I got opportunity to deliver a session on learning strategies for the first time in front of some 15 participants. It was a great experience giving my  peak performance. I delivered it with  full of confidence, connecting with the audience. It was well appreciated by everyone including the Master Trainers . I was elated and that moment of happiness which I experienced ,I anchored the feeling of my peak performance state.

In just about 2 weeks  time I was asked  if I could start with the introduction in Power of NLP which we launched in Pune ,I confidently told him a “Yes!!” knowing that  I had the resources within me to deliver without letting an iota of doubt bothering me. Before going on to face the audience, I just went into  my peak performance state and I was already there..Next ,all I did was delivered my part confidently , without fumbling or feeling nervous.

These are my experiences of learning NLP and practicing NLP in my life !!

This blog post is from Shreya who participated to the  Atmabhan NLP edge practitioner program , she can be contacted at shreya@atmabhanacademy.com .

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